El Festival de Glasgow anuncia el programa completo de su edición n.° 21
por Olivia Popp
- El mayor certamen cinematográfico de Escocia empezará con el estreno mundial del survival de John Maclean Tornado y llegará a su fin con el documental de Martyn Robertson Make It to Munich

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Unspooling from 26 February-9 March, the Glasgow Film Festival marks its 21st year highlighting the best of cinema from Scotland and beyond, having developed into the country’s largest film gathering. This year’s event boasts films from 39 countries, including 12 world and European premieres, 67 UK premieres and 12 Scottish premieres. This edition also marks Glasgow Film Festival director Allison Gardner’s final edition after 30 years at Glasgow Film.
The festival will open with the world-premiering sophomore feature of Scottish director John Maclean, a survival-thriller titled Tornado, starring Pulp Fiction thesp Tim Roth and star of the Apple TV+ series Slow Horses Jack Lowden, also shot on location in Scotland. The 12 days will close out with the world premiere of Scottish documentary filmmaker Martyn Robertson’s Make It to Munich, which follows teenager Ethan Walker as he cycled from Glasgow’s Hampden Park to Munich Football Arena for Scotland’s opening Euro24 match last July.
The world premieres include Hill by Alex Holmes, a documentary that follows Formula One world champion Damon Hill in his quest to step out of the shadow of his racing-star father, and the debut feature by Daniel V Masciari, Stationed at Home. The UK premieres coming to the festival include Uberto Pasolini's The Return [+lee también:
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Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Middle Ages-set Scottish folk horror Harvest [+lee también:
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This year’s country focus is Austria, with a section entitled “From the Heart of Europe: Austria on Screen”. Top flicks from this section include Josef Hader's tragicomedy Andrea Gets a Divorce [+lee también:
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The Glasgow Film Festival is run by Glasgow Film, and is supported by Screen Scotland, the BFI National Lottery Audience Projects Fund, Glasgow Life and EventScotland. The Glasgow 850 Festival Fund will engage festival-goers with the city’s 850th birthday celebrations occurring this year, while MUBI sponsors the event’s Audience Award.
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